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Posted by: Kate Prince on Jun 18, 2020

After a second round of testing for the COVID-19 virus, eight staff members and six inmates at the Hamilton County Jail have tested positive, the Chattanoogan reports. All inmates who tested positive are reported to have been asymptomatic at the time of testing. Employees who tested positive are under isolation at home, while inmates who tested positive have been quarantined in a separate area of the jail and are receiving medical treatment and review from Erlanger Health System. Sheriff Jim Hammond said that jail personnel are “going to great lengths” to follow CDC guidelines and keep the facility sanitized. The jail has a capacity of 505 beds and there are currently 358 inmates housed at the facility.